(also sitting target)
A person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger.
- This left them open for attack like sitting ducks.
- It doesn't matter if the human heavy tank can make itself invulnerable if it's just a sitting duck for air attacks.
- 'He's a sitting duck, a victim,’ he said.
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Syllabification: sit·ting duck
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